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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
able
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
account
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
almost
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
Aunts
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
bank
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
Belgium
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
children
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
comfortable
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
cousin
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
cousins
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
days
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
desolation
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
Dowie
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
drawn
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
efficient
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
forth
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
frantic
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
helpless
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You're settled here, my lamb," Dowie had said to Robin.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
home
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From this reading "It's more like your own home than the other place was.
husband
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
immediately
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
impending
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
It's
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From this reading "It's more like your own home than the other place was.
killed
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
knowledge
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
lamb
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From this reading "You're settled here, my lamb," Dowie had said to Robin.
largely
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
larger
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
leaving
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
less
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
like
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From this reading "It's more like your own home than the other place was.
manners
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
more
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
mother
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You're settled here, my lamb," Dowie had said to Robin.
nearer
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
other
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From this reading "It's more like your own home than the other place was.
own
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From this reading "It's more like your own home than the other place was.
penniless
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
person
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
place
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From this reading "It's more like your own home than the other place was.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
prostrated
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
relation
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
relatives
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
remembered
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
Robin
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From this reading "You're settled here, my lamb," Dowie had said to Robin.
said
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From this reading "You're settled here, my lamb," Dowie had said to Robin.
savings
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
scarcely
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
sense
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
sent
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
settled
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From this reading "You're settled here, my lamb," Dowie had said to Robin.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
solid
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
stress
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From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
two
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
wail
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Aunts and cousins and more or less able relatives were largely drawn on in these days of stress and need, and Dowie was an efficient person.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
widow
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
woman
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
world
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From this reading The two children were, of course, on the point of being added to by an almost immediately impending third, and the mother, being penniless and prostrated, had remembered the comfortable creature with her solid bank account of savings and her good sense and good manners and knowledge of a world larger than the one into which she had been born.
You're
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From this reading "You're settled here, my lamb," Dowie had said to Robin.
young
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
younger
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From this reading The cousin whose husband had been killed in Belgium, leaving a young widow and two children scarcely younger and more helpless than herself, had no relation nearer than Dowie, and had sent forth to the good woman a frantic wail for help in her desolation.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "It's more like your own home than the other place was.
